Kinetico.... yes it is a pressure filled and float that closes off the water flow... while another assembly might be used , not sure what kind of effect it would have on the workings of the rest of the unit.

Might keep an eye open for a used fleck 9000 or 9100 .. both valve set up's would fit on the tanks that you have in place right now. Kinetico does not use a different thread for their tanks ,, unlike Culligan.

That is the standard float that I use in any of the units that I do.. and have had them on the other side of the room from the softener because of room.. no space next to the softener so the brine tank is 8 foot floor distance but when you go up and over and side ways and then down... think that there is some 20feet....

There is one place that the north and south walls of the house are some 40 feet apart.... softener on north wall and brine tank on south wall... now this is in either a 3/4 basement,,,, or a large craw space....
Pressure tanks are by the softener.... but the entrance is on the other side or the south wall ... so to keep the movement of salt bags ... just open the hach and drop down the bags... and right there is the brine tank.

As for the Fleck twin, even if you need to do some rebuilding before you can bring it on line it would be good, and you would learn the valve at the same time.

I have used 3/4" pvc to go up and across the ceiling joists to a drain that far away without any problems.
As long as you go up a size on the drain line to prevent any restriction, 20-25 feet shouldn't be an issue.

I have used 3/4" pvc to go up and across the ceiling joists to a drain that far away without any problems.
As long as you go up a size on the drain line to prevent any restriction, 20-25 feet shouldn't be an issue.

Sorry for the untimely reply. I have a broken arm so this whole project is on hold for now..

Akpsdvan,
That distance sounds reasonable. If I can get away with about the same distance I could leave the softener by the service entrance and put the brine tank in the garage with a floor drain.. Maybe in my downtime I'll run it past the manufactrer.

cacher_chick,
Sorry I didnt chime in sooner. I was indeed talking about the overflow elbow on the side of the brine tank. Before I got hurt I already ran the backwash line up thru the floor joists and to the was tub on the other side of the room,,

i would run it in to a condensate pump my sears softener just overflowed after 12 years with no issues and that prompted me to finally hookup the overflow to the condensate pump on my furnace since i dont have a floor drain nearby and have to pump it up to a drain the pumps are less than 60 bucks at ******* i believe